The blaring noise and flashing lights weren’t enough – occupants of 209 stood around looking at each other for several minutes before a loud voice told them to “move people!” On the bright side, Lerner-bound Butler refugees have come across a big free cheese platter in the lobby by 212. Enjoy!

Tonight at 7:00pm (get there by 6:50!), Lerner Party Space plays host to Awaaz’s production of The Priest and the Prostitute, a one-act adapted from a seventh-century Sanskrit farce.  If that’s not enough to tempt you–and, really, anything called The Priest and the Prostitute should be enough to tempt you–Columbia Dhoom, the Bollywood dance group, […]

Good evening you lucky, lucky Columbians–tonight you’ve got not one, but two opportunities to get happy on free food.  Here’s the scoop: 1) Need a little wisdom? The Emerging Leaders Program will be hosting the advICE CREAM SPEED MEETING tonight from 5:30-6:30 in Lerner Party Space. Basically, you speed-date for wisdom nuggets while chowing down on […]

Remember, there is a world out there beyond Columbia. If to you “the rest of the world” means “foreign affairs, please,” head to Pupin 214 at 7pm to hear world-renowned expert Jonathan Adelman discuss American and Israeli relations with Asia, sponsored by LionPAC and accompanied by free pizza. If, on the other hand, you believe […]

If you’re willing to talk science and Barnard’s need (or not) for it, be sure to join the SGA in James Room in Barnard Hall from 6pm-8pm tonight for their “Does Barnard need science?” town hall meeting that includes free catered (!) dinner. Get your voice heard and your appetite fed!

Pre-finals blues got you down? Thanks to World AIDS Week, there’s free cookies and ribbons on the ramps as well as information on HIV/AIDS testing. Plus, Bwog’s Berlin Correspondent Julia Diao reports there’s a ton of free German Department related stuff on Hamilton 3. Release the floodgates!

The Columbia University Dance Marathon crew will be holding an information session tonight at 7pm in 568 Lerner where you can learn more about their HIV-fighting benefit event and, of course, snag some free pizza. Hooray for organizations that accomplish a lot in 28 hours!

Bwog may not have on-campus free food tonight, but that doesn’t mean you still have to pay for dinner. New and Different Foodways Correspondent Peter Krawczyk reports on Columbia’s dumpster diving contingent. Let’s be clear: dumpster diving doesn’t involve jumping into any waste receptacles. That wouldn’t be any fun.  It does, however, require digging through […]

Pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin butter, hot apple cider, and a plethora of other seasonal goodies await pancake pilgrims in Wien Lounge from 11-1. The brunch is for Wien and EC residents only— but really, who can tell? Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Tired of school? Well here, have some health care debate, and some career planning! First, at 8pm in Hamilton 303, the College Republicans  host Paul Howard of the Manhattan Institute to talk about health care reform in congress and elsewhere. Then from 9 to 10:30, get yourself a science internship at the aptly named Science […]

If you’re willing to sign a pledge and be part of the National Marriage Boycott, a movement for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, head on over to the Lerner ramps before 2 and get cookies or brownies! If you’re not willing, well, eh, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. Image via […]

NAFTA weighing heavily on your mind? Alleviate your conspicuous consumption guilt at a fair-trade study break thrown by Students for Environmental and Economic Justice, at 6:00pm in Lerner’s East Ramp Lounge.  They’ll have equitably and sustainably grown and harvested tea, scones, and the like.

Free food tonight at 7. We’d add more, but the poster gets the message across just fine.   

Head to Turath’s second General Body Meeting and first Arabic Social Circle to practice your Arabic, enjoy Arabic music, and partake in plentiful snacks.  Turath encourages all those interested to come to 568 Lerner between 8 and 10 PM for “some Arab goodness and an overall good time.”  

If the New York Times had it right, the McBain first floor lounge will resound this afternoon with the threefold cry of “oh, oh, oh,” whereupon its occupiers will become “literally like wild animals, tearing apart everything on the table.” No, this is not a demonstration of what life would be like without the Core […]